function y = mean(w)
   %MEAN Average or mean value of waveform's data.
   %   Y = mean(waveform)
   %   returns a scalar containing the mean value of the waveform data
   %
   %   Input Arguments
   %       WAVEFORM: waveform object   N-DIMENSIONAL
   %
   %   Output
   %       Y: array of same size as WAVEFORM, with each element corresponding
   %          to the mean value of the matching waveform
   %
   %   NOTE: Values of NaN are ignored.
   %
   %   See also NANMEAN, WAVEFORM/MIN, WAVEFORM/MAX, WAVEFORM/MEDIAN, SORT.
   
   % AUTHOR: Celso Reyes, Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks
   % $Date$
   % $Revision$
   
   y = nan(size(w));
   % if the statistics toolbox is installed, use the builtin nanmean function
   % to ignore NaN values during the variance calculation.
   if ~isempty(ver('stats'))
      for I = 1 : numel(w);
         y(I) = nanmean( w(I).data );
      end
   else
      % the statistics toolbox is not installed, so any nan values will have
      % to be dealt with (ignored) manually.
      for I = 1 : numel(w);
         d = w(I).data;
         d = d(~isnan(d)); %ignore NaN values
         if ~isempty(d)
            y(I) = mean( d );
         end
      end
   end
end
